Greg Lutes Appointed Vice President and General Manager, Dedicated Services Vice President of Sales Added
USA Truck (Nasdaq: USAK), a leading transportation and logistics
provider headquartered in Van Buren, Ark., today announced the expansion
of its Dedicated Freight Team with the hiring of Greg B. Lutes as vice
president and general manager.
Mr. Lutes brings extensive experience in both the shipper and the
provider sides of the capacity solutions industry to USA Truck. His
career includes 18 years with Ryder Integrated Logistics, where he most
recently served as director of customer logistics. He also served as
director of transportation at AutoZone and vice president of operations
at Greatwide Logistics, where he provided dedicated contract carriage
and freight services for a wide variety of industries nationwide and
managed 1,400 employees and owner operators. Prior to joining USA Truck,
Mr. Lutes was the vice president of operations at Dedicated
Transportation Solutions, Inc.
USA Truck President and CEO John Simone commented, “Our dedicated
carriage business has grown significantly over the past year as ongoing
capacity shortages in our industry have prompted increasing numbers of
shippers to seek dedicated capacity. Greg’s addition to the USA Truck
team reflects our strategy of capitalizing on this trend, and will
enhance our ability to provide consistent, customized capacity for this
growing segment of our customer base.”
In another step to support the expansion of USA Truck’s dedicated
freight operation, the company hired Steve Kendall as vice president of
dedicated sales. Mr. Kendall’s 25 years of wide-ranging industry
experience include work with UPS, Emery Worldwide and Con-Way
Multimodal. He most recently served as vice president of business
development-transportation logistics services at Jacobson Companies.
About USA Truck
USA Truck is a transportation and logistics provider headquartered in
Van Buren, Arkansas, with terminals, offices and staging facilities
located throughout the United States. We transport commodities
throughout the continental U.S. and into and out of portions of Canada.
We also transport general commodities into and out of Mexico by allowing
through-trailer service from our terminal in Laredo, Texas. Our
Strategic Capacity Solutions and Intermodal service offerings provide
customized transportation solutions using the latest technological tools
available and multiple modes of transportation.
